Author(s): Guilherme Delfino, Claudio Chamon, and Yizhi You We broaden the scope of quantum field theory by introducing a general class of discrete gauge theories that realize either topological order or fracton behavior across dimensions. We start from translation-invariant systems endowed with unconventional charge-conservation laws, which we term exponent… [Phys. Rev. B 113, 045130] Published Fri Jan 16, 2026